Shoe-heel.



W. FELSTEAD.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 24. 1911.

1,250,828. Patented Dec. 18,1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent. P t t 13, 1917,

Application fil'ed February 24; 1917. Serial No. 150,729;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FELSTEAD,-

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Victoria,British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shoe- Heels, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to heels for boots nd shoes adapted forsubstitution, when worn out, in a simple and easy manner not requiringthe services of an expert shoe repairer, and the main object thereof isto'provide such heels which provide a shell of relatively stifl materialinclosing a wood, composition, or other filler and extended upwardlyaround the rear of the shoe upper to support the shoe counter, as wellas being forwardly directed to retain the shoe in shape at the sides ofthe arch of the foot.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which like characters refer tolike parts in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 represents a shoeprovided with my improved replaceable heel;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the heel and part'of the shoe;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view of the blank of which the shellis formed;

Fig. 5 is a view of one of the metal stiffeners.

Referring to the drawings, 5 shows a shoe provided with a detachableheel 6 formed of a shell 7 and a filler 8 of wood, composition orthe'like, having a plurality of lengths of metal ribbon 9 bent intolooped form and embedded in said filler, the latter also having aplurality of rubber plugs 10 embedded therein to prevent slipping, as onwet pavement.

The shell 7 is formed of a sheet of relatively stifl' material, such asmetal or leather, struck up from a blank 11 shown in Fig. 4, said blankhaving a central portion 12 provided with an upwardly extendedprojection 13 and two end members 14; and 15, said blank being bent onlines 16 and the ends 14 and 15 turned rearwardly and curved into theform or shape of a heel and secured together in any desired manner, thecentral port1on 12 forming the front of the heel, and the projection 13being bent forwardly on the line 17 and projected beneath the arch ofthe shoe.

When the heel is so formed, ears 18 and 19 extend forwardly of the heelat the sides of theshoe and may be held in place by rivets 20, thusadding strength to the sides of the shoe, whereas the members 14 and 15,being extended upwardly around the rear of the shoe, add to the strengthof the counter and prevent the same from being run over.

The projection 13 has an inverted V- shaped tongue 21 cut therefrom andadapted to be bent rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, whereas the endmembers 14 and 15 have each a plurality of such tongues 22 cut therefromand bent inwardly to hold the filler in place and, when the heel isattached to a shoe by means of nails 23 and a suitable waterproofingintroduced between the heel and shoe, the latter is as good as new sofar as the heel is concerned'and the shank is supported by theprojection 13 while the counter is protected by the shell 7 against wearas Well as against treading over.

The shell i reinforced at its front corners by vertical metal stiffeners24 constructed as shown in Fig. 5, and these stifieners are secured byrivets 25.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A shoe heel, consisting of a shell formed of a member having a middleand end portions adapted to embrace the front and the sides and back ofthe heel, respectively, each of such portions having extensions'at theirupper edges, the extension of the middle portion projecting forwardly toengage under the arch of the shoe and the extensions of the end portionsprojecting to engage the sides of the counter of the shoe and said shellhaving engaging elements projecting inwardly from its inclosing walls,and a filler disposed within the shell.

2. A shoe heel, comprising a shell of stiff material having inwardlydirected integral tongues thereon, a filler of relatively light materialin said shell and held by said tongues, a shank supportin member 'ex- 7ing a central member provided with a projection having a tongue struckup therefrom, and end members provided with tongues struck up therefrom,said end members being of greater width than the central member andhaving ears at their inner ends.

WILLIAM FELSTEAD.

